If Detroit Lions‘ Jim Caldwell needs to thank anyone, it’s definitely Jim Bob Cooter. He owes that man a fancy dinner and a paid vacation. Since Cooter is being praised as an offensive genius, everyone believes that Caldwell and Cooter should stick around to continue Matthew Stafford‘s development.

This Cooter frenzy needs to slow down. Yeah, the Lions won more games with Cooter at the helm, but it’s not like Detroit’s offense was lighting it up in many of their contests. None of Cooter’s victories came against a defense ranked in the top 10. In fact, four of his six victories came against defenses ranked below 21st — and even some of those games, Detroit didn’t crack over 20 points. That’s not exactly the Lions of old.

Against defensive bottom-feeders like the St. Louis Rams, the Lions failed to score over 14 points. Another game that stands out was Detroit’s second showdown against the Green Bay Packers at Ford Field. Outside of 17 points in the first quarter, Detroit managed to score just six points the rest of the way. That’s not a winning recipe.

This is all being overshadowed because Detroit won some games. How does winning with no pressure absolve Cooter and Caldwell? It really shouldn’t, and if the Lions are ready to hail Cooter without being skeptical, they’re proving they still have a losing mentality.

Cooter couldn’t get the offense going against the Kansas City Chiefs‘ seventh-ranked defense. It’s hard to tell how he’d coordinate against other elite defenses. This isn’t indicting him as an inefficient coordinator. It’s simply saying that Detroit needs to be careful. They may find out that this was just the same old Lions doing the same old things: winning when it doesn’t matter and fighting to keep the wrong coaches around.